Chicago O’Hare Airport Workers to Strike November 29 (Learn More)
By Aaron Smith and Jon Ostrower, CNN
Hundreds of workers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport plan to strike on Tuesday, November 29.
The work stoppage will deliberately miss the busy Thanksgiving travel week,...
TX Man Sentenced for Drug Related Offenses on DFW Flights
A Dallas-area man who admitted to his role in transporting a substance that was represented to be cocaine on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was sentenced Friday to a...
Aireon Selected to Evaluate Space-Based ADS-B for German Airspace
Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS), Germany's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) to evaluate the safety, efficiency and cost benefits of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast...
ORBIT $4.5M Order for Adv Aircraft Audio Comm Mgmt System
ORBIT Technologies, has received a $4.5 million order from one of the largest aircraft manufacturers worldwide for the development and supply of prototypes of an advanced system for the management of...
FTA Transit & Aviation Team-Up for Safety (Learn More – Video)
By FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers
When you head out the door in the morning, you probably don’t consider the number of organizations that work together to operate, maintain, and oversee the...
New FAA Video Stresses Holiday Drone Safety (See it Here)
If you’re one of the lucky people who gets a drone as a holiday present, the Federal Aviation Administration wants you to know how to fly it safely.
The agency has released...
FAA Suspends Approval of Certain NavWorx ADS-B Units (Learn More)
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today issued an emergency order suspending the authorization NavWorx Inc. uses to manufacture certain Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) navigation units.
Such units, when properly...
Miami International Airport, Sita Beacons, Mobility & the IoT
By Maurice Jenkins, Director, Information Systems, Miami International Airport
You’re pioneering with mobility: can you give us a flavor of your approach?
Our clients across the airport, and our passengers, are telling us...
Chicago Airports Safer Following Active Shooter Training (Video)
Universal Security Staff working at Chicago O'Hare and Chicago Midway Airports recently received advanced Active Shooter Response training from Archway Defense.
Guards have been trained to identify, respond, and mitigate acts of...
SITA to Launch Community Cyber Threat Center (Learn More – Video)
The aviation industry is under increased pressure from cyberattacks that are growing in size and complexity.
To meet this challenge SITA is working with its members to develop the SITA Community Cyber...
